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Longing To Break Free

Chapter 8

Troy let out a frustrated groan.

He was just so incredibly disappointed. He couldn't believe that he had come so close to breaking out of here only to have it all taken away from him in a matter of a few terrifying seconds. When he had woken up he had found that he was once again trapped in the basement. He was right back where he had started. He also soon discovered that the ropes were tighter and they seemed more complicated to get out of. He had gained a painful black eye during his escape attempt. New bruises were forming on his face as well. He was so insanely frustrated by all of this. He just hated that he had worked so hard to escape only to be stuck back down here.

He was also frustrated because he had completely lost track of time. He wasn't even sure exactly how long he had been down here. It had to have been a week at least, right? For all he knew, it could have been only a few days. He had honestly no clue how many days he had been trapped in this horrible situation. It was impossible to tell if it was day or night in this basement. That made it hard to keep track of the time. All he knew was he felt like he had been trapped down here forever.

He was seriously getting very worried that he'd never get out of here. He was seriously afraid that either the man was going to just quickly kill him or that he would die slowly and painfully. For all he knew he could just die of starvation as he hadn't eaten in days. Or would he just leave him here for a very long time? He honestly had no idea what his fate was and he hated that he did not know.

One thing he did know was that he was beginning to loose hope. A part of him was really beginning to believe that he'd never escape.

But he knew deep down that he could never give up trying to escape. He had to get out somehow. He just had to keep on believing that he would get out.

Yet it was getting very hard to believe that he ever would escape.

"Oh my God, Oh my God, " Gabriella kept repeating, her hands were shaking as she held onto Troy's cell phone, "What in the world is Troy's cell phone doing here?"

"I can't believe we found it here!" Chad looked up at Gabriella in shock. He looked back at the phone in disbelief. He then quickly glanced back at the restaurant. He remembered watching the man go into it a few minutes ago. He then frowned as he felt rather confused by it all, "An even better question is why in the hell did that man have Troy's cell phone?"

Gabriella suddenly froze. She gazed at Chad fearfully, "Oh God, Chad," she cried out, "Do you think that man has done something to Troy?" That thought was just absolutely terrifying to her. She felt sick to her stomach as she thought about all the horrible things this man could have done to Troy. Her heart was aching as she thought about what Troy could be going through right now. She felt very afraid for Troy.

Chad gazed at Gabriella in horror, "I don't know, but I have a bad feeling he might have done something to him," his voice was shaking as he spoke.

What in the hell could that man have done to Troy? And why would he? He shook his head in frustration. He had never seen that man before and didn't understand why he would do something to his best friend. He suddenly felt really angry and upset over this whole situation.

He frantically started looking around the parking lot. There were only a few cars besides his in the parking lot. His eyes fell on an odd looking black van. For some reason he couldn't seem to take his eyes off it as he started studying it like crazy from where he stood. Gabriella followed his gaze and she eyed the van that he was looking at.

"You think that van is his?" Gabriella questioned, her whole body was trembling. She couldn't help but feel suspicious that this was his van. She kept studying it as well.

"I have a feeling it is," Chad slowly nodded, his heart was racing. He had no idea what to do, but he felt like he just had to do something. He desperately had to know if this man did something to Troy. It was totally killing him not knowing if he had done something. And he had such a bad feeling that he did.

Gabriella was about to walk closer to the van when the man suddenly stepped out of the fast food restaurant, he was carrying a carry out bag. Chad and Gabriella jumped frantically and they both ran next to Chad's car which was close to them. Gabriella was shaking like crazy. They both gazed at each other very briefly.

"Get in my car," Chad mouthed to Gabriella and she quickly did just that. She immediately ran over to the left front door, opened it, and got in. Chad quickly got in as well. He was now in the driver seat; his heart was pounding as he kept his eyes focused on the man. The man then got in the black van which they suspected was his. He desperately started to try and memorize every detail of the van the best that he could. Suddenly though the man had started to drive away. He watched as the van started to drive further away.

Gabriella looked over at Chad for a moment, completely wide eyed, "What are we going to do?"

Chad had started his car and suddenly pulled his car out of the parking lot; the van was now a few cars ahead of him, but he was still desperately focusing on it, "Gabriella, we are going to follow that man."